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剣を落として舟を刻む [けんをおとしてふねをきざむ] /(exp) (from a story in Master Lü's Spring and Autumn Annals) (id) to not be getting with the times/to be unaware that things are changing/to drop one's sword (in the river) and carve (a mark) on the boat (to mark the spot where the sword was dropped)/EntL2834566/